Manchester United fans on social media were left furious after an embarrassing Sky Sports broadcast error on Thursday.
United beat Aston Villa by four goals to two in the Carabao Cup, in an exciting second half in which six goals were scored between both teams.
United’s Man of the Match was Marcus Rashford, who scored United’s second with a brilliant poacher strike.
According to The Daily Star, Sky Sports forgot to arrange an appearance for Rashford, as is the norm.
The English striker had to collect the award from the table himself.
The pick of the bunch, however, was his Erik ten Hag mistake.
Live on television during an interview in which the United manager gave his thoughts and opinions following their win against Unai Emery’s side, Sky Sports misspelled his name.
Instead of spelling his name as Erik ten Hag, Sky Sports mistakenly displayed the Erik the hen tag.
ERIK HEN DAY?? pic.twitter.com/Q0d55Er5jL
— ☈ (@TheFergusonWay) November 10, 2022
While it may have been an honest mistake, United fans took to social media to express their anger and disappointment at Sky Sports’ mistakes.
According to The Daily Star, which sampled some of these reactions, one fan wrote: “Forgetting to give Rashford his MOTM award and now “Erik Hen Tag” @SkySports taking the f*** right now.”
Another tweeted: “Who is Erik Hen Tag? Come on SkySports, it’s not hard.”
It wasn’t the first time the announcer had misspelled Ten Hag’s name at night. In a subsequent interview, the same spelling error was repeated.
Hopefully Sky Sports will catch the bug and fix it before the Fulham clash.
